On January 24, 2019, a fatal crash occurred at milepost 35 on Interstate 80 west of Lyman, Wyoming. Around 6:53 a.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the area for a one-vehicle rollover.
A 2008 Ford F-350 was traveling east on Interstate 80 when the vehicle drifted off the left side of the roadway and overturned.
The driver of the Ford has been identified as 24-year-old Evanston, Wyoming resident Tyree L. Summers. Summers was wearing his seatbelt but succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the crash.
Driving too fast for road conditions is being investigated as a contributing factor. The road conditions were slick at the time of the crash.
This is the 12th fatality on Wyoming’s highways in 2019 compared to 3 in 2018, 3 in 2017, and 3 in 2016 to date.